Improvement in automatic toys



H. PATTBERGX: A. GAERTNER.

Automatic Toy.

No.199,85'8. Patented Jan. 29,1878.

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.To all whom 'it may concern:

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. UNITED STATES PATENT \CFFIGE.

HILARIUS PATTBERG, OF JERSEY CITY HEIGHTS, N. J., AND ADOLPH GAERTNER,on NEW YORK, N. IY, ASSIGNORS T0 LEWIS PATTBERG AND BROTHERS, OF NEWYORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN AUTOMATIC TOYS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 199,858, l t l Jillllwl'y 29,1878; applicati n filed December 10,1877.

Be it known that we, HILARIUS PATTBERG, of Jersey City Heights, countyof Hudson, and State of New Jersey, and ADOLPH GAERT- NER, of the city,county, and State of New York, have invented an Improvement inMechanical Toys, of which the following is a specification:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of our improved mechanical toy; Fig. 2, avertical transverse section of the same and Fig. 3, a verticaltransverse section of a portion of the same. Fig. 4 is a detailed endview. of the fan used therein.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in" all thefigures.

The invention relates to a new mechanical toy, which represents a ladyrocking and fanning a baby in a cradle, the figure of the lady beingseated on a chair, and having appropriate movements imparted to her headand arms, 1s; as to render the device as natural as possi- Thisinvention consists in a new arrangement of mechanism employed for movingthe fan, the cradle, and the female figure; and also in a newarrangement of box which contains the clock-work and supports thefigures.

The letter A in the drawing represents the box or case which containsthe clock-work B, and whiohsupports the frame C of the cradle D, andalso the chair E, on which the female The top G of the box A is made ofpasteboard, While the remainder of the box is made of wood. Thepasteboard top or cover serves to support the cradle and the femalefigure, and to prevent the apparatus from being as noisy as it would bewere a wooden cover used instead of pasteboard. For the like purposestrips of flannel a are placed on the bottom of the box, between thesame and the clock'work, so that the noise of the clock-Work is absorbedas much as pos sible.

The clock-work, which may be wound up in the usual manner, serves torotate two cranks, b d, the crank d revolving somewhat faster than theother. A link, 6, connects the crank d with a rod, f, attached to thecradle D, so

that the rotation of the crank d serves to rock the cradle in thedesired manner, the cradle being properly hung in the frame 0,containing a small bed and the doll-baby, as indicated. The other crank,I), connects by a rod, g, with a vertically-sliding block, h, which isinserted in proper guides at the back of the female figure F, and asshown in Figs. 2'and 3.

The block it connects by a strap of leather, 1', or other equivalentflexible material, with the neck portion j of the female figure F. Saidneck portion is pivoted in the figure, so that the head and neck arecapable of vibrating in imitation of the nodding of the head of a humanbeing. When the block h is moved upward the strap 2' pushes the headforward, so asto cause it to appear to nod to the baby in the cradle, orto bend down to look at the baby. When afterward the block h is moveddownward, the head portion j remains unmoved until the strap 11 isstretched out to its full ex tent, and thereafter the head is broughtback by the pull of the strap. Thereby-that is to say, by the use of theflexible strap i---we retain the head j in its normal position longerthan it would remain if the connection between the head and the slidewere rigid, and consequently the motion is more natural, beingapparently that of a fond mother bending down from time to time to takea long look at her baby.

One hand, I, of the female figure F is swiveled in its socket, so as tobe capable-of turn ing as a hand would turn at the wrist; and this handholds a fan, H, which fanconnects by a fine cord or string, m, with thecradle, so that the rocking of the cradle will impart motion to the fanby means of the string m in the following manner: Whenever the string isdrawn tight by the cradle the fan is swung out of its normal position tomake one vibration, and afterward the weight of the fan brings it backto its normal position to make the other vibration.

Fig. 4 shows clearly that the fan is so placed with reference to itsswivel or pivot point a that the string at connects with the lightestpart of the fan, thereby enabling the other heavier part to carry thefan back to its normal position, which is indicated in Fig. 4, as soonas the spring is slackened. The other hand, 0, of the figure F isattached to the cradle, and the arm 10 pertaining to it is madeflexible, so that it will yield to the movements of the cradle. Thisgives the impression as though the female figure was rocking the cradlewith the hand 0, which connects with it, and fanning it with the otherhand, I.

Instead of using the sound-absorbin g strips (1, the bottom of the box Amay be made of pasteboard.

Having thus described our invention, we

a claim- 1. The box A, combined with the pasteboard top G andclock-movement B, substantially as herein shown and described.

2. The combination of the sound-absorbing strips a with the box A,clock-movement B, and pastboard top G, substantially as herein shown anddescribed.

3. The combination of the clock-movement B and connecting mechanism withthe cradle D and female figure F, substantially as herein shown anddescribed.

4. The combination of the connecting-rod g and reciprocating block orslide h with the flexible strap z and jointed neck j of the figure F,substantially as specified.

5. The combination of the swiveled hand 1 and fan H with the string mand cradle D, substantially as specified.

6. The combination of the hand 0 and flexible arm 19 of the figure Fwith the cradle D, substantially as specified.

7 The mechanical toy representing a female figure, F, in combinationwith a rocking cradle, D, substantially as herein shown and described.

The foregoing specification of our invention signed this 30th day ofNovember, 1877.

HILARIUS PATTBERG. ADOLPH GAERTNER. Witnesses:

F. v. BRIESEN, J. TURK.

